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A City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation salt truck waits for a load in a city salt dome in anticipation of a winter storm Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Chicago. A major winter storm is expected to affect a huge swath of the United States beginning Tuesday, with heavy snow starting in the Rockies and freezing rain as far south as Texas before it drops snow and ice on the Midwest. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Flights canceled as wide swath of US braces for winter storm

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressFebruary 1, 2022

Democrat Beto O’Rourke listens to a volunteer before a Texas Organizing Project neighborhood walk in West Dallas, June 9.

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O’Rourke running for Texas governor

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressNovember 15, 2021

Leen Garza participates in a protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, Sept. 1.

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Texas abortion law strains clinics

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressSeptember 15, 2021

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shows off Senate Bill 1, also known as the election integrity bill, after he signed it into law in Tyler, Texas, Tuesday.

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Texas voting restrictions signed into law

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Lm Otero Associated PressSeptember 7, 2021

Jillian Dworin participates in a protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. Dozens of people protested the abortion restriction law that went into effect Wednesday. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Texas bans most abortions; Supreme Court silent on emergency appeal

by Jessica Gresko Associated Press, Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Mark Sherman Associated PressSeptember 1, 2021

Texas State Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, wears running shoes as she filibusters Senate Bill 1, a voting bill, at the Texas Capitol Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Texas law enforcement enlisted to end Democrats’ holdout

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Acacia Coronado Associated PressAugust 12, 2021

FILE - This June 1, 2021, file photo shows the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. Democrats in the Texas Legislature are planning to leave the state in another revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that Democrats are set to once again break quorum at the Texas Legislature in a dramatic showdown over voting rights in America. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Texas Democrats leaving state to stop GOP voting bill

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressJuly 12, 2021

State Rep. Nicole Collier, D- Fort Worth, the chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on Sunday May 30, 2021, against Senate Bill 7, known as the Election Integrity Protection Act. New restrictions on voting in Texas are one step away from the governor's desk. Republicans in the Texas Senate early Sunday muscled through a sweeping measure that would eliminate drive-thru voting and empower partisan poll watchers. It would also impose new limits...

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Democrats walk, stop Texas GOP’s sweeping voting restrictions

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Acacia Coronado Associated PressMay 31, 2021

Stephen Broderick, 41. was arrested Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas, on Sunday.

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Ex-Texas deputy wanted in 3 deaths arrested after manhunt

by Jim Vertuno Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressApril 19, 2021

Snow and ice grips a neighborhood in East Austin on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Day six of the statewide freeze and still millions of Texans are without power. (Bronte Wittpenn /Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Power failures linger for millions

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Jill Bleed Associated PressFebruary 17, 2021